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The Aesthetics of Nostalgia : Historical Representation in Old English Verse /

Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Trilling, Renee R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Old English
Latín
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Form of History
  • 1. Art and History in Old English Heroic Poetry
  • 2. In Principio: Origins of the Present in Anglo-Saxon Biblical Verse
  • 3. Verse Memorials and the Viking Conflict
  • 4. Poetic Memory: The Canonical Verse of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • 5. Transitional Verse in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Changing the Shape of History
  • Conclusion: The Past in the Present.